Teachers' receptivity to a proposed system-wide educational change

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-199

  Collins, Peter R ^a   Waugh, Russell F ^b  

^a Catholic Education Office of Western Australia   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Organizational change; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156540     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578239810204381     Document Type: Article

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